Hide Click Bank Affiliate Links

Steve Wells · 11-18-2009, 10:49 PM

Hey, anyone know of a free service that can hide a clickbank affiliate ID completely? Or at least make it look very respectable?

llamafier · 11-18-2009, 11:35 PM

Well technically it is impossible to completely hide your affiliate link. Why not use just any old URL shortener?

If you want to make it look more respectable you might have to buy a domain and then just simply redirect it yourself. I'm not sure if there are any good looking URL hiding sites.

Steve Wells · 11-19-2009, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by llamafier

Well technically it is impossible to completely hide your affiliate link. Why not use just any old URL shortener?

If you want to make it look more respectable you might have to buy a domain and then just simply redirect it yourself. I'm not sure if there are any good looking URL hiding sites.

How about a few suggestions? Any good ideas and links.

gabibeowulf · 11-19-2009, 06:57 PM

How about bit.ly ? It's been made extremely popular due to twitter, so people will have no issue trusting a bit.ly link over an evil long affiliate clickbank link ..

m4rx · 11-19-2009, 07:23 PM

Or if you want a customizable short url, you could try fly.to

--m4rx

Ken Durham · 11-19-2009, 07:23 PM

You can create a page on your site with one of the below codes to redirect to your affiliate.
So the link on your site would point to the redirect page:
www.yoursite.com/keywordpagethatredirectstoaffiliate.php

Your redirect page would contain one of these types of code with your affiliate link:

PAGE USING PLAIN HTML CODE:
<html><body><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=http://www.youraffiliateurl.com/?a_aid=222"></body></html>

PAGE USING JAVASCRIPT CODE:
<html><head><SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> window.location="http://www.youraffiliateurl.com/?a_aid=222";</SCRIPT></head><body</body></html>

PAGE USING PHP:
<?php header("Location: http://www.youraffiliateurl.com/?a_aid=222"); ?>

m4rx · 11-19-2009, 09:10 PM

If you do that, I would defiantly recommend the PHP way, as the other two have issues that can happen on the client side.

--m4rx

gordi555 · 11-20-2009, 03:32 AM

Yeah I use a redirect script. Links look like /golink.php?id=1 on my site and this looks up the affiliate, builds the redirect link with my affiliate id in and does all that for me. Logs in a database to with the referrer url, keywords etc to track what converts.

spero123 · 11-21-2009, 08:55 AM

PHP way is the best.

bazzais · 11-21-2009, 10:03 AM

Out of interest why would you want to hide your affiliate ID?

Ta

Baz

ankit_frenz · 11-21-2009, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bazzais

Out of interest why would you want to hide your affiliate ID?

Ta

Baz

so that his users amy not know that they are clicking on an affliate link..as simple as that..people dont like clinking on affliate links

hhunt · 11-21-2009, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bazzais

Out of interest why would you want to hide your affiliate ID?

Ta

Baz

It's a good idea to hide your affiliate links because there are people out there that are ready to paste your affiliate link on the address bar and remove the section containing your affID, so you don't earn any referral.

I use PHP redirect for all my affiliate links - it means better conversion for me.

Have fun!

jimbo999 · 11-25-2009, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by llamafier

Well technically it is impossible to completely hide your affiliate link. Why not use just any old URL shortener?

If you want to make it look more respectable you might have to buy a domain and then just simply redirect it yourself. I'm not sure if there are any good looking URL hiding sites.

It is certainly not impossible to completely hide your affiliate link. You can do it quite easily with IFRAMES. Very possible, but against Clickbank TOS

chachachallis · 11-25-2009, 05:53 PM

There is the option of setting up a small script on a domain and they you can add the links to be hidden

Steve Wells · 11-25-2009, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chachachallis

There is the option of setting up a small script on a domain and they you can add the links to be hidden

So whats the script and how do I use it?

bazzais · 11-26-2009, 05:03 PM

I would never hide my affiliate links for the sole reason that whoever was clicking it may remove my id and put theirs in. Anybody with that type of knowledge would most certainly see through any click tracking script available or just delete their cookies.

Ta

Baz

pierro · 11-26-2009, 06:15 PM

Clickbank now automatically encrypts your links,but if you would like a really good link cloaker, then you would have to wait till December 10th, as there is a new product coming out.
cheers, Pierro

Work At Home · 11-29-2009, 08:21 AM

I had a wordpress blog and I intalled a free plugin called GoCodes. It's a url redirect plugin for wordpress. the redirect url look very professional eg. your-site-name/go/xxxxx. the xxxxx is any keyword that you choose. If your affiliate name is MyWorldPLUS, your redirect website may look like your-site-name/go/MyWorldPLUS/
And one little secret, once you created the redirect link, it will work at all other website. You may use the link in blogspot, forum or your other static webpage.

askloz · 11-29-2009, 08:36 AM

yup, use this

http://www.ask-me-about.com/free-aff...pt-decrypt.htm

Quote:

Originally Posted by EWGQDD

Hey, anyone know of a free service that can hide a clickbank affiliate ID completely? Or at least make it look very respectable?

pjCheviot · 11-29-2009, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by askloz

yup, use this

http://www.ask-me-about.com/free-aff...pt-decrypt.htm

Unfortunately iframes are against Clickbank's TOS - but it may be useful for other affiliate links.

Cheers

Steve Wells · 11-29-2009, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjCheviot

Unfortunately iframes are against Clickbank's TOS - but it may be useful for other affiliate links.

Cheers

Hmmmm, I bet that many people do this anyway, what do you think? Is it illegal altogether by the FTC?

I am just curious because I have seen many links to click bank products that are affialite links but have been 100% cloaked......

pjCheviot · 11-29-2009, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EWGQDD

Hmmmm, I bet that many people do this anyway, what do you think? Is it illegal altogether by the FTC?

I am just curious because I have seen many links to click bank products that are affialite links but have been 100% cloaked......

I am sure may people "do it that way" - but that doesn't make it OK.

With regard to the method I commented on:-

Invalid Hoplinks

All About HopLinks

To ensure proper tracking of your HopLink referrals, your HopLink needs to open into the top level of a new or existing window. For most affiliates, this is not a problem. However, some affiliates attempt to hide their HopLinks by having them open into other types of sub-window objects, such as frames, iframes, layers, applets, or images. These types of HopLinks are considered invalid, and can result in lost affiliate referral credit, incorrect display of your website, or, in the case of abuse of the HopLink system, could result in account termination without notice.

tjmiller · 11-29-2009, 04:18 PM

I just started using this script:

Affiliate Link Cloaking & Link Redirects Script - Stealth Link Technology

(By the way, that is an affiliate link. If you prefer not to use my affiliate link, use this one: http://easyredirectscript.com/erslite.)

This works very easily. It is a breeze to install, you just ftp it to your site.

askloz · 11-29-2009, 06:01 PM

Since when? I use iframes all the time

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjCheviot

Unfortunately iframes are against Clickbank's TOS - but it may be useful for other affiliate links.

Cheers

Mike Adams · 11-29-2009, 11:47 PM

Just get any affiliate link cloaking program... and you enter the link... it gives you html code.. you paste it into notepad and upload it to your site. Then simple name it what you want and done. your affiliate link will look like yoursite.com/affiliate-page.html

askloz · 11-30-2009, 01:10 AM

I just checked their terms and there's nothing there at all saying you can't use Iframes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjCheviot

Unfortunately iframes are against Clickbank's TOS - but it may be useful for other affiliate links.

Cheers

askloz · 11-30-2009, 01:11 AM

that is not against the TOS, they just put that in there to scare ya not to do it... my script tracks the cookie just fine. try it and find out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjCheviot

I am sure may people "do it that way" - but that doesn't make it OK.

With regard to the method I commented on:-

Invalid Hoplinks

All About HopLinks

To ensure proper tracking of your HopLink referrals, your HopLink needs to open into the top level of a new or existing window. For most affiliates, this is not a problem. However, some affiliates attempt to hide their HopLinks by having them open into other types of sub-window objects, such as frames, iframes, layers, applets, or images. These types of HopLinks are considered invalid, and can result in lost affiliate referral credit, incorrect display of your website, or, in the case of abuse of the HopLink system, could result in account termination without notice.

pjCheviot · 11-30-2009, 04:06 AM

Hi Loz

I am not disputing the fact that your script works - there are lots of them out there - but it is against their TOS.

I created a script and was asked (politely) to ensure there was a disclaimer on it to reflect their TOS about iframes. Rather than stir up trouble - I agreed.

This has been mentioned before on here.

askloz · 11-30-2009, 06:28 AM

it's NOT against their TOS, since it's not in their TOS

ClickBank Client Contract - ClickBank

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjCheviot

Hi Loz

I am not disputing the fact that your script works - there are lots of them out there - but it is against their TOS.

I created a script and was asked (politely) to ensure there was a disclaimer on it to reflect their TOS about iframes. Rather than stir up trouble - I agreed.

This has been mentioned before on here.

Steve Wells · 11-30-2009, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by askloz

it's NOT against their TOS, since it's not in their TOS

ClickBank Client Contract - ClickBank

I think this is the I frameing part? I would love to be wrong, any ideas?

10. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. You represent, acknowledge and warrant that:

You, Your Products and/or Your Promotions, as applicable, do not and will not, directly or indirectly: (i) invade the right of privacy or publicity of any Person; (ii) contain any libelous, obscene, indecent or otherwise unlawful material; (iii) infringe any IP Rights in any jurisdiction or otherwise contravene any rights of any Person; or (iv) violate any Law.
You shall not: (i) frame, copy or mirror any content forming part of the ClickBank Services; (ii) reverse engineer of the ClickBank Services or otherwise attempt to derive its source materials; (iii) access the ClickBank Services for the purpose of (A) building a competitive product or service, or (B) copy any features, functions or graphics of the ClickBank Services; (iv) interfere with or disrupt the ClickBank Services or any data contained therein; (v) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the ClickBank Services, its related systems or networks; or (vi) use the ClickBank Services for any unlawful purpose or in violation of the rights of any Person.

askloz · 11-30-2009, 01:11 PM

Says nothing about iframing. If they want people to stop Iframing, then they need to ues the correct terminology.

tjmiller · 11-30-2009, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tjmiller

I just started using this script:

Affiliate Link Cloaking & Link Redirects Script - Stealth Link Technology

(By the way, that is an affiliate link. If you prefer not to use my affiliate link, use this one: Affiliate Link Cloaking & Link Redirects Script - Stealth Link Technology.)

This works very easily. It is a breeze to install, you just ftp it to your site.

This one works very easily. You just ftp it to your site. You can either just put it in your main public html folder and then your links will look like this:

http://yoursite.com/affiliateproduct

(You name your affiliateproduct whatever you want your link to read.)

Or you can create a separate folder on your site, for example visit or recommends and your links will appear this way:

http://yoursite.com/recommends/affiliateproduct

You would create and maintain all of your links from one location. You would just go to either:

http://yoursite.com/ersadmin
or
http://yoursite.com/recommends/ersadmin

Couldn't be easier!

As far as disclosure goes, I think with the new FTC rules (starting tomorrow) you still need to disclose that you use affiliate links, but at least this way, they look prettier!

pjCheviot · 11-30-2009, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by askloz

it's NOT against their TOS, since it's not in their TOS

ClickBank Client Contract - ClickBank

Sorry - missed this one earlier.

The relevant reference was Section 2(c) with a link to the Invalid Hoplinks section of the "All about Hoplinks"

As I say, I didn't dispute the fact - I just ensured there was a disclaimer on my script. Saves the hassle.

Cheers

11-18-2009, 10:49 PM	#1
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llamafier Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 35 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Hide Click Bank Affiliate Links Well technically it is impossible to completely hide your affiliate link. Why not use just any old URL shortener? If you want to make it look more respectable you might have to buy a domain and then just simply redirect it yourself. I'm not sure if there are any good looking URL hiding sites.

11-19-2009, 06:57 PM	#4
gabibeowulf Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 667 Thanks: 152 Thanked 126 Times in 69 Posts	Re: Hide Click Bank Affiliate Links How about bit.ly ? It's been made extremely popular due to twitter, so people will have no issue trusting a bit.ly link over an evil long affiliate clickbank link ..
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m4rx PHP Programmer Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: /dev/null Posts: 136 Thanks: 5 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Hide Click Bank Affiliate Links Or if you want a customizable short url, you could try fly.to --m4rx
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Ken Durham Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesterton, IN Posts: 923 Thanks: 129 Thanked 193 Times in 153 Posts	Re: Hide Click Bank Affiliate Links You can create a page on your site with one of the below codes to redirect to your affiliate. So the link on your site would point to the redirect page: www.yoursite.com/keywordpagethatredirectstoaffiliate.php Your redirect page would contain one of these types of code with your affiliate link: PAGE USING PLAIN HTML CODE: <html><body><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=http://www.youraffiliateurl.com/?a_aid=222"></body></html> PAGE USING JAVASCRIPT CODE: <html><head><SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> window.location="http://www.youraffiliateurl.com/?a_aid=222";</SCRIPT></head><body</body></html> PAGE USING PHP: <?php header("Location: http://www.youraffiliateurl.com/?a_aid=222"); ?>
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m4rx PHP Programmer Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: /dev/null Posts: 136 Thanks: 5 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Hide Click Bank Affiliate Links If you do that, I would defiantly recommend the PHP way, as the other two have issues that can happen on the client side. --m4rx
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11-20-2009, 03:32 AM	#8
gordi555 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 167 Thanks: 7 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Hide Click Bank Affiliate Links Yeah I use a redirect script. Links look like /golink.php?id=1 on my site and this looks up the affiliate, builds the redirect link with my affiliate id in and does all that for me. Logs in a database to with the referrer url, keywords etc to track what converts.

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pierro Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 97 Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Hide Click Bank Affiliate Links Clickbank now automatically encrypts your links,but if you would like a really good link cloaker, then you would have to wait till December 10th, as there is a new product coming out. cheers, Pierro
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